The firing pin on the SKS I bought from Cabella's was jammed forward and so caked with cosmoline that it took me an hour or so to work it loose. It works fine now after just a thorough cleaning of the bolt assembly, but if I had tried to chamber a round without doing that first I would've slam fired my way through the whole magazine.tommyg wrote:I bought a .25 at a gun show . I loaded the Mag inserted full mag
Pulled back the slide. THe gun went off with the eject port open.
A part of the exploded shell casing flew out the eject port (in pieces)
On examination I found that the fireing pin was defective. it was
hitting the primer when the slide was released without pulling the trigger.
I took it to a gunsmith. Moral of the story check your gun for mechanical defects
and don't assume anything. I was neglient for not checking a used gun before firing.
Lucky no body hurt
Search found 1 match
Return to “Firearm Negligence”
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Firearm Negligence
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4038